Health News of Thursday, 2 November 2017Source: Graphic.com.ghIgnore stigma, seek early treatment - Survivor advises breast cancer patientsMrs Emelia Osei Yeboah Kuffour, Founder and President of the Phenomenal Women ClubA 56-year-old breast cancer survivor, Madam Precious Mensah (not her real name), has encouraged women with breast cancer to ignore the stigma associated with the disease and seek early treatment. According to Madam Mensah, “During one of my normal self-breast examination exercises, I detected that I had a lump in my breast. Early treatmentThe talk was organised by Phenomenal Women Social Club, a women advocate group made up of women entrepreneurs and professionals. The programme was also to commemorate the World Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is observed annually in October. Although the disease mostly affected women, Dr Brookman said about one per cent of breast cancer cases affected men.

Source: GhanaWeb November 02, 2017 11:26 UTC